1973 UCLA Bruins football team

1973 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 12
Record9–2 (6–1 Pac-8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHomer Smith (2nd season)
Offensive schemeWishbone
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 USC $ 7 0 0 9 2 1
No. 12 UCLA 6 1 0 9 2 0
Stanford 5 2 0 7 4 0
Washington State 4 3 0 5 6 0
California 2 5 0 4 7 0
Oregon 2 5 0 2 9 0
Oregon State 2 5 0 2 9 0
Washington 0 7 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. Members of the Pacific-8 Conference, the Bruins were led by third-year head coach Pepper Rodgers and played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Quarterbacks Mark Harmon and John Sciarra ran the wishbone offense, and the Bruins were 9–2 overall and 6–1 on the Pac-8. After an opening loss at fourth-ranked Nebraska,[1] the Bruins won nine straight, but lost again to USC in the season finale.[2] UCLA repeated as conference runner-up, but the Pac-8 did not allow a second bowl team until the 1975 season. They were ranked twelfth in the final AP poll, ninth in the UPI coaches poll.

  1. ^ "Cornhuskers too much for Bruins". Eugene Register-Guard. (location). Associated Press. September 9, 1973. p. 1C.
  2. ^ "Another Pasadena visit for USC..." Eugene Register-Guard. (location). Associated Press. November 25, 1973. p. 1D.